This is an analysis of the poem If It Wasn'T True that begins with:

The only ones known,
To dispute documented facts......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaccXd dd X e bdXdX d bXc e XeffX X ebfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,2,1,1,5,1,3,1,5,1,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01011 00110101 10100001 1111110101 010110100 010010101 1101101000101 0101 10101011101 11100111010010 11 111001101 111011101 11011111111 0111101111 1011101110 1001010 1101101010011 11011011111 0010011010111 10100110 111111010110 1011011001 1101 111 0110110111 01101 11 11010011111 1011 110101111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 103
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; what, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i'm is repeated.

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  • summary of If It Wasn'T True;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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